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THE PEDALS Another area where Aaron Miller had an enormous impact is in the effects pedals he helped design for PGS. He discovered early on that exclusive products were a boon to the company’s bottom line, but more importantly, he simply took enormous personal joy in helping create useful tools for real musicians who heard guitar tones the way he heard them. Being able to design these tools and witness them come to life in the hands of working artists was a dream come true for him, and for those of us that worked alongside him. we work with, pedals that would later make appearances on the pedalboards (and records) of the rich and famous, as well as modest everyday rockers like ourselves. Pedals like the TC Electronic Alter Ego Delay and Trinity Reverb, Hardwire Supernatural Reverb, Empress Effects Vintage Modified Superdelay, Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone Germanium Gold LTD, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, and many, many, others would never have come to fruition without Aaron’s vision, ears, and influence. Aaron’s passion for tone led him to design an impressive string of successful effects with many of the companies 18 TONE TALK // Unparalleled Vision A Tribute To Our Own Aaron Miller